Punch



(No Model.)

G. W. SOUTHWIGK.

PUNCH.

No. 399,943. Patented Mar. 19, 1889. $3.1.

WITNESSES:

ATTORNEY- UNITED *rnrns rFIcE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,943, dated March19, 1889.

Application filed July 7, 1888. Serial No. 279,291- (No model.)

To all whom it may cancer/1.:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. SOUTH- WICK, of Stamford, Fairiieldcount-y, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in a Combined Gage and Punch, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved combinedgage and punch for properly punching belts adjacent to the lace-holes,the slit produced by my improved punch serving to receive the shanks orprongs on the ends of a lace-hole protector.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts anddetails, as will be fully described and set forth hereinafter, andpointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a face view of part of a belt,showing the lacehole protector, the lace-hole, and the two slitsadjacent to the same cut by my improved combined gage and punch.spectivc view of the lace-hole protector. Fi 3 is a side view of myimproved combined gage and punch. Fig. 4: is an edge view of it, andFig. 5 is a bottom view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Driving-belts are provided at the ends to be united with holes A,through which the lace B for uniting the end of the belt is passed.

For the purpose of protecting the edges of the holes and preventing theleather from ripping the belts said belts are provided at each hole witha lace-hole protector, 0, (shown in Fig. 3,) this protector consistingof a U shaped piece of metal having the end of each shank bent down toform a prong, G, and at the inner edge of the curved closed end it isprovided with a lug, D. The lace-hole pro tector is applied on the beltin such a manner that the lugD enters the hole A and rests against thatedge of the same on which the lace would bear, the shanks of theprotector extending in the direction from the end of the belt. Theprongs Oat the end of the shanks are forced through slits in the beltand are clinched on the under side of the same for the purpose ofholding the lace-hole Fig. 2 is a per-.

protector securely in place. It is very essential that the slits a,through which the prongs G of the protector are passed, are the properdistance from the lace-hole, so that when the lug D is placed into thelace-hole the prongs O can pass into the slits a. To accomplish this, myimproved punch consists of a stock, E, in the lower end of which thesliding gagepin F is provided, said pin being pressed outward by asuitable spring. In each edge of the stock, at the lower end, I providearecess, G, for receiving the cutter-blade H, having two prongs, J,which are separated from each other the same distance that the prongs Cof the protector are separated. In the bottom of each recess G asuitable screw-hole is'provided for receiving the screw K, that held theblade H in place. The sliding gage-pin F is nearer one side edge of thestock than the other, so that when the blade H is fastened on one edgethe gage-pin will be nearer to it than when said blade is secured on theopposite edge. The punch is thereby adapted for use for two sizes ofprotectors, the distance between the lug D and the prongs C beingdifferent in the two sizes of protector.

The operation is as follows: The belt being provided with the lace-holeA, the gage-pin F of the punch is placed into the lace-hole, thesharpened ends of the prongs J resting upon the surface of the belt onthat side of the hole from the end of the belt, and then a sharp blow isdelivered on the upper end of the stock, or suitable pressure isotherwise exerted to force the prongs J of the blade I-I through thebelt, whereby the two slits a a are cut in the belt the proper distancefrom the hole. When the said prongs are forced through the belt, thesliding pin F is pressed into the recess in the end of the stock, to beforced out again by the spring as soon as the pressure is not exerted inthe stock. The lace-hole protectors are then applied in the mannerpreviously described.

By means of my improved combined gage and punch I am enabled to cut theslits a a in the belt in precisely the proper position, and these cutsare not made any larger than absolutely necessary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a combined gage and punch, the combination, with a stock havingrecesses at one end in opposite edges, a blade held in one recess andprojecting from said end of the stock, and a sliding gage-pin in the endof the stock, said sliding gage-pin being located a greater distancefrom one recessed edge of the stock than the other, substantially asherein shown Io and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GEO. W. SOUTHWICK.

\Vitnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, JOHN A. STRALEY.

